Pure Shea Butter considered to be high in vitamin/mineral content which is thought to be useful on dry skin. Refined and deodorized with natural clays. Takes a higher temperature than most to melt. Shea Butter is a very popular butter used in soap and cosmetics, including lotion, cream, and lip balm. Pronounced: Shh-aye

Country Of Origin: Ghana

Helpful Product Information:

Melt Point: 109ºF

Common Uses:
Cold & Hot Process Soap. Lotions. Lip Products.

Points of Interest:
High in vitamin and mineral content. Known to benefit dry skin. Melts at skin temperature. All Natural. Expeller Pressed. Refined and Deodorized with Natural Clays. Pronounced: Shh-aye
Average Melt Point: 104-114º F.

Long Term Storage:
Removing air from storage container will delay oxidation and rancidity (may need to place in a smaller container). Refrigeration can extend shelf life.

Best Used By:
One year from date of purchase.
Shelf Life Once Used in Manufacturing:
One year from manufacturing date.

When making lotions, allow butter to soften via room temperature. If heated, rapid cooling will help prevent grittiness.

California Prop 65 Statement:

This product is not on the CA Prop 65 list of toxic chemicals.

This product conforms to the reporting requirements of California Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986). We are conforming to the regulation by reporting the existence, or lack thereof, of ingredients deemed reportable by the above mentioned regulations via a Safety Data Sheet (SDS), in Section 15 "Regulatory Information." Ingredients from Natural Food Sources (NFS) and are exempt from reporting in accordance with Title 27, § 25501(a).

DIRECTIONS: Slowly stir melted product into the oil portion of your formulation. Common use levels are lip products 5-100%, cold process soap 3-6%, lotions and creams 3-5%. Can be applied directly to the skin.

TIPS: The average melting point for the butter is 100°F. Butters provide moisturizing properties to products. To minimize greasy after feel we recommend blending with 1-3% cornstarch or isopropyl myristate. Test your final product to insure optimal performance.

STORAGE: Store in an airtight, cool, dark location. When stored properly, best used within 1 year from date of purchase.

CAUTION: For external use only. Keep out of reach of children and pets.

COMMENTS: I can not live without this product!!! Wholesale Supplies Plus makes the BEST Shea butter ultra refined high melt!!! I use this with the 90 degree Shea also. I've tried other places and they have a brownish tint to them and I hate them for it! They ruin the look and feel of the product and the outcome is different b/c of it! I'll never buy from another company anymore, not since I made that mistake once, you can't fool me again! Plus, the prices are really great too!

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care, Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• The color is WHITE• Melts perfectly

Connie • Mississippi

Date Submitted: 06/23/2017

I Recommend This Product!

"No Smell Never Grainy"

COMMENTS: After having to deal with Shea that turned grainy in the products I used it in I will never use anything but this one now. I've never had it get grainy in lotion bars,or lip balms. I use it in body butter without melting it and have no trouble with that either.

COMMENTS: Great quality and price. Easy to work with. Greats a wonderful product when blended with other oils. Will keep using it.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

Elizabeth • Georgia

Date Submitted: 12/14/2016

I Recommend This Product!

"Have tried others... always come back"

COMMENTS: The high-melt version of this shea butter prohibits sugar scrubs going too soft in the shower (which is typically 105 degrees). The ultra-refined is odor-free, so does not compete with fragrances. Best shea butter I've found.

PRODUCT USED IN: Exfoliants & Sugar Scrubs, Lotions, Creams & Butters

Lisa • California

Date Submitted: 12/05/2016

I Recommend This Product!

"Great for Lip Balm"

COMMENTS: Works really well for creamy lip balm.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care

Laurie • North Dakota

Date Submitted: 12/01/2016

I Recommend This Product!

"Works great in whipped body butters."

COMMENTS: This whips up very nicely in whipped body butters, plus it holds fragrance well.

COMMENTS: I use this to make my lotions and body creams along with cocoa butter. I have never had a problem with it. I like that fact that it has no odor so I don't have to try to mask over anything. I will continue to use this as one of the butters I use in my products.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotion Bars & Sticks, Lotions, Creams & Butters

Suzanne • Pennsylvania

Date Submitted: 11/23/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Great for Body Butters!"

COMMENTS: I use this for not just body butters, but for cuticle butters and all natural whipped shea butter as well! I sell out at just about every show! A little goes a long way!

PRODUCT USED IN: Bath Fizzies & Salts, Lotions, Creams & Butters

Random • Kansas

Date Submitted: 11/13/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Always a staple!"

COMMENTS: I use this Shea Butter for just about everything. It melts easily and is a great addition to all of my products. Love, Love, Love!

COMMENTS: We use this in our soaps and our salt scrubs and it works very well.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Exfoliants & Sugar Scrubs

Lori • Nevada

Date Submitted: 08/30/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Great for Lip Balm"

COMMENTS: I've used this product for a while in my lip balms due to previous problems with graininess. I've had great luck with this product. Will Keep buying!

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• Color and texture are great!

• A little better price

Sharon • Ohio

Date Submitted: 06/27/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Perfect"

COMMENTS: I always used the regular Shea butter for all my recipes however, once I used this I am sold. This product works beautifully in everything I have used it in. Amazing!

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Bath Fizzies & Salts

Priscilla • Texas

Date Submitted: 06/01/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Just wonderful"

COMMENTS: I love to use it on my most expensive products specially on my lotions and facial products. Although it has all the advantages of Shea Butter some people don't like the smell of it. This one is wonderful because it has not the nutty smell to it. It is white and it does not alter the color of the product.

COMMENTS: I really liked this product because it was the same as raw Shea butter without the yellow hue or scent. I did a size by side comparison of white vs. yellow in a lotion and lotion bar. I like the white better because it made it easy to scent my lotion and lotion bars without adding extra scent to cover up the Shea butter natural scent. And the no color was a bonus since I wanted both lotions to be uncolored.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotion Bars & Sticks

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• scent less• resealable package• colors less

Sonja • Michigan

Date Submitted: 02/27/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"High melt shea."

COMMENTS: Got this in a butters kit. Used for whipped butter, which worked nicely. I just prefer natural shea to refined. Still a great quality product.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

Jacqueline • Ohio

Date Submitted: 02/23/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"Love this!"

COMMENTS: No fragrance and so works well in products that are fragrance-free.

COMMENTS: It is the best butter I have used so far! Takes fragrance well and adds great texture to products.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Melt & Pour, Lip Care, Lotion Bars & Sticks

Ashley • Texas

Date Submitted: 02/11/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"!!!"

COMMENTS: Way better than the Natural shea butter, with its wonky smell and all. This is completely unscented, making it perfect for adding e.o.'s to.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

Jill • Massachusetts

Date Submitted: 02/04/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"very nice refined shea"

COMMENTS: Very happy with this product. I had been using raw unrefined shea in the past and it stinks, literally, made me want to gag. This refined shea gives you the nice feel of shea without the stink!

COMMENTS: I use it for my lip balms, soap, body butter, cream and its just amazing. Very good quality and I like it because its creamy and not overly sticky. Its light and a great addition to all my products. Keep carrying it.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care, Lotions, Creams & Butters

Debra • Virginia

Date Submitted: 01/26/2015

I Recommend This Product!

"great product"

COMMENTS: I use this product in most soaps and it smells good, melts easily using the room temp method. In the past I tried to melt by using the microwave but just to warn you it flashes when I tried so I realized not to melt it this way. With the room temp method it easily melts with no problem. Easy to remove amount needed as it is soft.

COMMENTS: I have only used this to make lip balm and perhaps I didn't heat up the shea butter hot enough but they balms turned gritty. Although the shea butter was melted in the pot, once I added it to the tubes and they cooled down, the final product had a gritty feel to it. I think I may just use this for soap.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• gritty texture

Kathryn • New Hampshire

Date Submitted: 12/28/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"Shea Butter Ultra Refined"

COMMENTS: This was used in a lotion that required this ingredient in the recipe. I found it to be very easy with which to work, and the end product was very smooth and creamy. Would definitely use again and would recommend!

COMMENTS: I will never buy another brand of Shea Butter again. I use this for my HP and CP soap making as well as my Whipped Body Butters. This Shea butter is creamy and fast absorbing. My customers love it.

COMMENTS: worked great to add a creamy feel and higher melt point to my body butter.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• packaging...butter sticks to the bag

Melita • Utah

Date Submitted: 08/12/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"No More Graininess!"

COMMENTS: The High melt Shea Butter helped avoid the grainy texture that usually happens when you make Balms & Lotions. I use this Butter in our Natural Lip Balms, Solid Lotion Bars, & Whipped Body Butter! It's smooth and odorless.

COMMENTS: This butter is very white, smooth and with no odor. Excellent choice for lotions and lotion bars. I buy all our Shea Butter from WSP. The only reason I am not giving it 5 stars are for 2 reasons. I find it makes my lotions slightly more greasy than using the regular ultra refined Shea butter. The trade-off is that this is never grainy, regardless of temperature and re-melting. Secondly, this product should be sold in buckets. It is messy, the bags never close right once opened, and I always waste several ounces because I get tired of scooping it out and creating more of a greasy mess than I already have when I make lotions.

COMMENTS: I use this shea butter in all of my cold process soaps, sugar scrubs and body creams. I like the fact that it is easy to work with, melts smoothly and consistently, adds a wonderful creaminess and softness to my products and my customers love it!

COMMENTS: I am new to the soap making hobby. My first purchases of ingredients were through another company, and then I found WSP. I see such a big difference in the Shea butter quality since I started buying from WSP; this product is creamy and smooth instead of flaky and awkward to measure. I was amazed when I saw what a light and airy body butter I was able to produce with a mixer and by streaming in fractionated coconut oil into this Shea butter. My personal favorite! It sets the standard for Shea butter in my opinion.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotion Bars & Sticks, Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• Smooth texture that whips up extra fluff• Easy to remove from package• Easy to measure

miasia • Georgia

Date Submitted: 03/27/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"Great in soaps, creams and body butters. "

COMMENTS: I purchased this product and it is amazing. It feels wonderful on your skin. So far I have used it in my soaps, creams and body butters. I will say that I took a long time to melt down with my oils due to the high melt point but it still served its purpose in the products.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Lotions, Creams & Butters

janine • Missouri

Date Submitted: 03/08/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"ultra refined Shea butter"

COMMENTS: I'm using Shea butter in my cp soap and lotion bars. everything I've made has turned out wonderful. I will be ordering more. love the price too.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Lip Care, Lotion Bars & Sticks

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• price• quality

Mary • Texas

Date Submitted: 02/08/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"Loved it "

COMMENTS: I definitely will be purchasing this great price I use this often in my soaps

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Soap - Hot Process

Erica • Washington

Date Submitted: 02/06/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"excellent shea "

COMMENTS: I love the shea butter from wsp. I have never been disappointed. It is always creamy, white and smooth. It's easy to work with and makes a luxurious lotion bar.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - CPOP, Lotion Bars & Sticks

Tessa • Ohio

Date Submitted: 01/27/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"Superbly Luscious"

COMMENTS: I use this in my body butter and homemade deodorant and I love it. Makes skin soft and silky. Blends beautifully with other ingredients.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

heather • Georgia

Date Submitted: 01/18/2014

I Recommend This Product!

"Love this shea!!!"

COMMENTS: This is my FAVORITE butter! Unlike every other shea I've ever tried (no matter how I handled it/heated it /quickly cooled it), this shea does not turn grainy. It stays creamy, smooth, and AWSOME in lip balms. Plus it's cream colored so it won't turn your balms yellow. Best shea ever! I wish they could make a mango and cocoa butter like this too.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lip Care

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• stay smooth not grainy in lip balm

• wish it was cheaper• wish it came in a jar instead of a bag

Arria • Arizona

Date Submitted: 11/18/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"Shea Butter"

COMMENTS: This product is a little messy to work with but well worth it.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• Makes a great finished product

Joanne • Florida

Date Submitted: 11/13/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"The best!"

COMMENTS: I love ordering my butters from Wholesale Soap Supplies. Always clean containers, easy to use and the best product

COMMENTS: Love using Shea Butter in my product line. Great to melt down & not have the gritty texture that Shea Butter can yield over time with high melting techniques.
I dislike how WSP packages this butter up. Reminds me of scraping Crisco out of the cardboard container, except Crisco is easier to measure out especially now with the Crisco sticks.

PRODUCT USED IN: Soap - Cold Process, Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• No gritty texture

• Different packaging

Leslie • Texas

Date Submitted: 10/13/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"Shea Butter"

COMMENTS: I made whipped body butter with this and the results were very nice. The only thing I didn't like was the container. It comes in a bag and it's difficult to get it all out (even if you cut the bag and scrape down the sides). It would be great if it came in the same 1 pound containers that the foaming bath whip comes in. Otherwise, it's a fantastic product that I will reorder.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

THINGS I LIKE

THINGS I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

• very smooth and creamy

• container

Vicky • West Virginia

Date Submitted: 06/19/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"I had no idea what the rave was about "

COMMENTS: I had always wanted to try shea butter, but I had always read that if you are sensitive to latex, you should avoid shea. I'm not highly sensitive to latex, but have enough of a reaction that I will start itching and a small welts develop if I am in close contact for a long period of time. Because of that I have stayed far away from shea. That and the fact that I had always read that others had a grainy product after melting shea butter. I took a chance and ordered this. I am so glad I did. I made lotion with this and I am so amazed at how great it feels. I love using the shea butter. I have used it straight out of the container and I have yet to see a reaction other than great feeling and looking skin.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

Laurie • Florida

Date Submitted: 06/07/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"Perfect Shea for butters. "

COMMENTS: This Shea is always consistent. I use it in body butters.

PRODUCT USED IN: Lotions, Creams & Butters

Bonnie • Colorado

Date Submitted: 06/07/2013

I Recommend This Product!

"High Melt, Ultra Refined Sea Butter"

COMMENTS: Love, love, love the High Melt Shea Butter from WSP. I was having trouble with the final stages of my body butter becoming granular then read about the tendency of regular shea having this propensity in higher temps. I tried reducing the temp of the batch to eliminate the problem but didn't get a consistant emulsion. Then I discovered WSP's high melt shea butter!! I tried it out on the first batch and "WALLA", no more granularity! Thanks WSP for providing wonderful supplies to help the small manufactures create quality products!

COMMENTS: High quality. Always smooth never grainy. Blends well with other oils/butters. i use it to make my special Magic Butter and cold process soap

PRODUCT USED IN: Other Products

Patricia • Pennsylvania

Date Submitted: 02/23/2011

I Recommend This Product!

"LOVE IT!!"

COMMENTS: Very smooth and creamy. I use it to make whipped body butters. Shea Butter has always been on my favorite list. I have noticed that some say that Shea ends up hard after it sets up. I have not found this to be true at all. My body butters remain smooth & creamy without adding additional carrier oils.

PRODUCT USED IN: Other Products

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WSP Questions And Answers

"What makes this shea butter high melt? How is it different from unrefined or regular refined? "

Staff Answer
The average melt point for the High Melt Shea butter is 104-114°F. The average melt point for the Ultra Refined Shea and the Natural Shea is 90°F. Therefore the High Melt Shea Butter has a higher melt point and will remain more solid at room temperature.

I love to use the high melt point shea butter in lip balms and lotion bars. When I was using regular shea, my balms and lotion bars would get grainy really easily, especially if they got too warm in a pocket or shipping. Since I started using the high melt point shea, I have no more problems with them getting grainy anymore, the products stay nice and smooth!!

"Is this high melt version soft enough to scoop out of a jar, or should I put it in twist-up tubes? I might use a little EO for scent as the only other ingredient. I just want something that won't melt in my pocket like the regular ultra refined shea does."

Staff Answer
This butter is soft enough to scoop. The average melt point is 104° so it should not become liquid in your pocket but it will be a bit soft. Please feel free to call customer service for further assistance. Thank you! 1-800-359-0944

High melt Shea is best when it is a main ingredient in products like lip balm and creams. It keeps the products stable at higher temperatures, great for hot summer months or for those that like to keep balls in their pockets!

Absolutely! I just made a batch of whipped shea butter (HM, UR) with aloe vera oil and it turned out very light with a nice, creamy texture. With 1 lb. of this shea butter, I was able to fill 6 - 8oz. containers + 1 - 4 oz. tester.